Quilting frame



J. BOUGHER- QUILTING FRAME Feb. 27, w23.' 1,446,689

Filed May 5, 1921 2 sheets-sheet l Peb. 27, 1923. 1,446,689

Y J. BOUGHER QUILTING FRAME Filed May 5,1921 2 sheeps-sheet'z Patented Feb. 2?, 192s.

JACOB BOUGHER, OF SABETHA, KANSAS.

QULTING FRAME.

Apnlcaton filed May 5, 1921. Serial No. 466,900.

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Be it known that l', JAcor. Routinier, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sa betha, in the county of Nernaha and State 0f Kansas, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Quilting Frames, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to new and useful improvements in quilting devices and has for its pr'mary object to provide a device to be supported from the ceiling or otherwise suspended from above, whereby it may be readily operated in connection with a sewing machine.

A. further object of the invention resides in providing a device which is so suspended as to readily respond to the touch of the operator and which may be quickly moved to any desired position..

A further object of the invention resides in providing a device which is an improve-Y ment in various details over other devices of this character, and which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and very efficient in use.

Vith these and other objects in view my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

Inl the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the frame structure removed from the hangers;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the device;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the frame structure with parts broken away and parts in section;

Fig. 5 is a detail section as seen on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is section as seen on 6-6 of Fig. 1.

ln describing the invention l shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parte throughout theseveral views, and in which 1 designates a pair of supports suspended from a ceiling or other upper structure 2 and braced by means of the stays 3. rFliese supports secure a wire or cable 4 therebetween, said wire cable being connected with the lineturn buckles 5, which are in turn engaged with an adjustable hook G removably secured in the ends 0f the supports 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.

Slidably supported on the wire or cable 4 are the trucks 7, each of which consists of a block S carrying upstanding brackets 9 between which are carried the grooved rollers 10. A pair of such lrollers is pro vided in connection with each block 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and connected to the end face of each block 8 and diverging therefrom are the guy wires 11. These guy wires extend to and connect with hooks on the upper face of a bar 12 forming the upper part of the quilting frame, by having the guy wires at their lower ends provided with leather straps and buckles designated in the drawings as 13 and fastened to the above mentioned hook on the bar 12 where* by the frames may be adjusted upwardly and downwardly when quilting.

Secured to a face of the bar 12 atv its ends, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. are the angular depending hangers 14 formed of metal and having the flattened ends 15 formed thereon, to which are adapted to be secured the quilting frame proper.

The *quilting frame consists of two end pieces 16 and 17 and countersunk therein intermediate of the `ends and projecting outwardly from the same are the threaded bolts 1S. These threaded bolts have squared portions 19 formed thereon immediately adjacent the heads thereof, and plates 20 having squared openings therein receiving the squared portions 19 of the bolts therethrough are applied to the outer face of the end pieces 16 and 17, as clearly shown in Fig. i of the drawings. The flattened ends 15 of the hangers 14 engage the bolts 1S and pairs of nuts 21 screw the hangers firmly to the end pieces to prevent moveinent therebetween except when desired.

Secured between the ends of the end pieces 16 and 17 are the rollers and and an auxiliary roller 24 is held between said end pieces adjacent the roller 2?). These rollers are held in place by means of the wood screws Q5 and wear plates 26 are secured to the outer faces of the end p'eces 16 and 1T through which said screws extend to prevent undue wear on said end pieces 16 and 1T, which are preferably formed of wood. rlhe roller 24 is removably applied to the end pieces, the latter being diagonally slotted as shown at 27, and the wear plates 26 in connection therewith being similarly' slottedl from being rotated by merely disposing they pawls in connection with the rate-bets, as clearly shown in F 4land 5 of the drawings.

In order to permit of the passage ot the quilting frame beneaththe needle bar of asewing. machine, the end piece 16 is broken adjacent the roller 22 to provide a passageway or the. like 30, and the two sections of the end piece 16 are held together by means of a thin metallic plate 31 whiclris secured tol the lower face ofthe sections of this end piece, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This metallic plate being thin permits ofthe ready passage of the frame under the needle bar, and at the same timel prevents strain or tortional movement in the sections 0f the end piece. Moreover, it supports the sections of the end piece 16 of the device in proper alignment and the roller 22 in par-V allel relation witlrthe rollers 23 and 24, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

From the foregoing description ot the construction of my improved device the operation thereof will be readily understood, and it will be seen that I havel provided a simple, inexpensive and eficient means for carrying out the objects of the invention.

While I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious" that various changes in form, proportion, and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention. n

I-Iaving thus described my' invention, what I claim as new is:

`1. In a device of the class described, a supporting cable, a pair of trucks slidably mounted thereon, each of said trucks comprising a base b-lock, upstanding brackets and a pair of Orooved pulleys, a pair o'ftgu y wiresdiverging from each of said trucks, a bar connected to the divergent ends ofsaid guy wires, means in connection with said guy wires to permit of relative adjustment of the bar to the supporting' cable, hangers removably secured to the ends of said bar, and a quilting frame carried between said hangers. y

2. In a device of the class described, a supporting cable, a pair of trucks slidably mounted thereon, eac-hof said truck comprising a base block, upstanding. brackets and a pair of grooved'pulleys, a pair of guy wires divergingV from each of said trucks, a bar, adjusting straps connecting the .free lower ends of said guy wires-with the. said bar to permit the vertical adjustment of the bar with respect to the supportingl cable, hangers removably secured and` depending from the ends of the said bar, and a quilting frame carried between said hangers.

Intestimony whereof Iiaflix my signature.

JACOB BOUGI-IER. 

